Hmm... Just thinking out loud here but I don't have the same problems contacting him that others do (as I have another couple of personal numbers for him ), is it worth me trying to get in touch with him next week and getting some prices?
What tank options are we looking at?
I don't understand his problem. He should know by now that with OOF members it's a case of putting the bits in a box and posting them, then cashing the cheque. He can't have many customers who are this easy to deal with.
Aha - estate Smiley and I'd rather lose the spare than lose boot space (which is why I bought the car in the first place) - hence thinking about a toroidal tank rather than a .. tank tank .. to go under the boot floor.
Assuming you can get a thin enough toroidal (I guess in a saloon thickness isn't an issue)
My current thoughts on estates is to get a 4 hole filled-in toroidal and cut a hole in the wheel well for the valves.
Using a normal toroidal, you lose the capacity in the hole in the middle of the doughnut and you then need sufficient space between the petrol tank and the bottom of the wheel well to route the pipes out - which isn't really there, TBH, especially if you're going to be COP compliant and not have the vent exiting onto the fuel tank.
Other option is to space the tank up to allow routing of pipes which means you need to raise the boot floor as well. Even without spacing the tank upwards you can only go for a pretty small tank before raising the boot floor. (tying to remember which one we put in Marie's estate).
Either way, will need a bit of planning.
Kevin